Word: abolitionism
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Historically, the choice has tended to fluctuate between the idealistic and the more or less pragmatic - saints or statesmen. It has also reflected the wish of Nobel, who specified that the recipient be "the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity among nations, for...
Loyal to Marx and Lenin, Communist Poland officially promotes atheism. In his most famous observation on religion, Karl Marx argued: "It is the opium of the people. The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is required for their real happiness." Lenin and Stalin systematically sought to...
WARSAW, Poland--In one of its sharpest challenges on record, the leaders of Poland's Roman Catholic Church yesterday called for the abolition of censorship in this Communist nation, calling it a "weapon of totalitarian regimes."
Poussaint said the proposed abolition of the Med School's minority subcommittee on admissions is wrong. "The committee was set up for administrative convenience because it helped them process applications more effectively. A minority subcommittee is still one of the most effective ways of getting the top minority applications in...
Curiously, Yeh described the greater freedom that the new constitution will permit within China in terms that eerily echoed Mao's 1956 campaign "to let a hundred flowers bloom," an invitation rescinded when it produced unexpectedly virulent criticism of the government. Yet there have been many signs that the...